Surgical Oncology

Our highly skilled surgeons collaborate closely with our multidisciplinary cancer teams to meet all of a patient’s individual needs.

Our surgical specialties include:

• Breast cancer
• Uncommon, complex tumors
• Prostate cancer
• Head and neck cancers
• Gynecologic cancer
• Colorectal cancer
• Urological cancer
• Lung cancer
• Melanoma of the head, neck and leg
• Soft tissue sarcoma
• Gastrointestinal malignancies of the stomach, large bowel, pancreas and biliary tract
• Endocrine tumors of the thyroid and parathyroid glands
• Traditional and minimally invasive procedures are offered across our campuses in Methuen and Haverhill. Some procedures are available on an outpatient basis. 

Our minimally invasive procedures include:

• Radio-guided parathyroid surgery, in which a very small incision is used to remove tumors of the parathyroid glands
• Sentinel lymph node biopsies for breast cancer and melanoma
• Laparoscopic evaluation of the abdomen
• Laparoscopic surgery for gastrointestinal tumors, including cancers of the stomach, colon and rectum
• Minimally invasive thoracic surgery (MITS)